Under the coordination of the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences, this free online course (MOOC) on Transdisciplinary Research is offered to students and researchers from all backgrounds, policy makers and practitioners involved in seeking solutions for complex societal challenges.

This Open Access article describes a case study approach to learning about transdisciplinary research design.

In the first of two paired blog posts, Julie Thompson Klein describes the fundamentals of what “integration” means.

And the second addresses how to do integration in the context of inter-and transdisciplinary research.

In this blog, Matthias Bergmann and colleagues have collected 43 methods, from a number of transdisciplinary research projects dealing with a variety of research topics, to better understand how different types of expertise can be integrated.

In this Open Access article Erik Fisher and colleagues develop a framework for comparing integrative methods and goals and locate these within the larger context of  participatory research approaches that include, inter alia,  scholarly engagement, ethical, legal, and social implications/aspects (ELSI/ELSA) research, team science, applied ethics, technology assessment, inter- and transdisciplinarity  and public engagement.

Net4Society have a page on their website focusing on “SSH Integration” which highlights key issues and good practices for successfully integrating the social sciences and humanities in Horizon Europe funded research.

If you are based in a university then your research office is likely to provide detailed guidance of writing a research proposal and applying for grant funding.  For an overview of some of the key considerations when preparing a collaborative proposal see this short guide Developing interdisciplinary research proposals which includes a checklist of key aspects to consider.

SHAPE-ID partner Isabel Fletcher has provided her top ten tips for writing collaborative research proposals.

 See also Evaluate inter- and transdisciplinary research in this toolkit.

The td-net toolbox provides a wealth of methods and tools that specifically focus on jointly developing projects, conducting research and exploring ways to create impact in heterogeneous groups. These tools are particularly intended to help shape collaboration between academic researchers and other stakeholders.

In this blogpost, which is based on their experience with the td-net toolbox, Sibylle Studer and Theres Paulsen describe some of the tools available to help knowledge co-production in transdisciplinary research.

This is not simply about having the right tools for the job. Based on interviews with internationally recognised transdisciplinary researchers and practitioners, chosen from a diverse range of research and practice-based perspectives, Dena Fam and her co-authors discuss in this blog, some of the less tangible competences and dispositions required for skill in inter-and transdisciplinary research.

In this Open Access article, two social scientists, Natasha Mauthner and Andrea Doucet, discuss not just the importance of being reflexive but discuss the difficulties, practicalities and methods of doing it.

The Swiss Academies Guidelines to conflict sensitive research includes a helpful series of questions to help researchers and others reflect on their perception and positioning.

In this blogpost (also available in Spanish) Adriana Moreno Cely and colleagues describe the “circle of dialogue wisdom” methodological framework. This approach aims to address power imbalances within projects by using processes that develop multi-layered reflexivity and positionality.

This open access book and accompanying video from Wageningen University is a practical guide to  facilitating  processes of reflection during multi-stakeholder partnerships.

Depending on the size of the collaboration, an interdisciplinary project may require leadership at several levels.  This briefing note introduces the difference between “active management” and “visionary leadership”.

This short guide to leading interdisciplinary initiatives introduces core interdisciplinary leadership roles.

This short guide looks at some of the roles leaders can play in developing interdisciplinary strategies for research groups.

Lisa Deutsch and Sabine Hoffmann of Eawag – the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology – have produced this set of five reflective questions to support leaders of inter- and transdisciplinary research in better understanding the challenges they experience in meetings or workshops, and in recognizing their own leadership strategies to address them (or not).

This Open Access article by Iain Gordon and colleagues describes how leaders of research organisations can provide an environment where inter-and transdisciplinary research can flourish.

For a shorter version read this blog.

This Open Access article by Barth et al. describes initiatives for building capacity for trans-formational leadership and transdisciplinarity for early career researchers.

In this i2S blogpost (also available in Arabic) Manal Affara describes six ways that facilitation skills can improve cross-disciplinary team leadership.

These videos from the authors of the Leading Large Transdisciplinary Projects Addressing Social-Ecological Systems Primer provide insights into developing, managing, and completing large social-ecological systems projects. They present lessons learned and provide key advice for people writing proposals for transdisciplinary projects.

This Open Access article, also based on USDA-NIFA-funded research, explains how the success of very large, transdisciplinary projects can be facilitated by paying attention to the diversity of types of collaboration that inevitably occur within them.

In this Open Access article, Gabriele Bammer and colleagues describe this essential but often overlooked expertise.

This blog post describes the integrative work of a “liaison person” in public health projects and how to support it.

This SHAPE-ID webinar addresses the rise of a new profession of so-called “integration experts” and how institutions can support the development of these important skillsets. You can access the audio and video recordings at this link.